Pakistan sweeps Sri Lanka 3-0 in ODI series

Pakistan sweeps Sri Lanka 3-0 in ODI series

Pakistani players and officials pose for photo with ODI series winning trophy on the end of the third one day international cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on November 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan completed a 3-0 series sweep of Sri Lanka with a clinical six-wicket victory in their … Read more

Home Guard arrested on charge of bid to smuggle three tonnes of beedi leaves to Sri Lanka

Home Guard arrested on charge of bid to smuggle three tonnes of beedi leaves to Sri Lanka

The Coastal Security Police have arrested a Home Guard on charge of reportedly trying to smuggling about three tonnes of beedi leaves to Sri Lanka. The police said the Coastal Security Police, during their patrol near Koodankulam, stopped a mini lorry around 3 a.m. on Wednesday. When the lorry driver tried to escape, the police … Read more

28 panchaloha idols made by T.N. artisans set to be installed in a temple in Batticaloa district of Sri Lanka

28 panchaloha idols made by T.N. artisans set to be installed in a temple in Batticaloa district of Sri Lanka

The team of artisans led by Varad Rajh at Thimmakudi giving finishing touches to an idol meant for a temple in Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY A total of 28 meticulously crafted panchaloha idols of various Hindu deities sculpted at Thimmakudi village near Swamimalai in Thanjavur district are set to be installed in … Read more

T.N. CM Stalin writes to Union External Affairs Minister for release of fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka 

T.N. CM Stalin writes to Union External Affairs Minister for release of fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka 

Tamil Nadu Chief M. K. Stalin | Photo Credit: RAGU R Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Monday, June 24, 2024, wrote to Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar seeking to secure the immediate release of all the fishermen and their fishing boats apprehended by Sri Lanka. “I write this letter to you … Read more

China’s threat to India would come from Sri Lanka, warns Vaiko

China’s threat to India would come from Sri Lanka, warns Vaiko

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) MP Vaiko. File | Photo Credit: ANI MDMK general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Vaiko on Tuesday urged the Indian government to handle its relationship with Sri Lanka, considering the threat posed by China’s entry into the island nation. Addressing an all-party meet chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in … Read more

Malaysia joins Thailand and Sri Lanka in granting visa-free entry for Indians

Malaysia joins Thailand and Sri Lanka in granting visa-free entry for Indians

Image for representation purpose only. Malaysia will grant a 30-day visa-free entry for Indian and Chinese citizens from December 1, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has announced, joining Thailand and Sri Lanka in recent weeks to offer such a facility to foreigners to promote tourism. Mr. Ibrahim said the waiver was an additional facility to the … Read more

Kamal Nath counters Hindutva plank of BJP, vows revival of Sita temple in Sri Lanka

Kamal Nath counters Hindutva plank of BJP, vows revival of Sita temple in Sri Lanka

Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Tuesday said if voted to power in the Assembly elections, the Congress will revive the project to construct Sita Mata temple in Sri Lanka even as he made a string of promises mostly concerning Hindu community. He also said the new government … Read more

Four years after India pulled out of RCEP talks, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh want to join

Four years after India pulled out of RCEP talks, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh want to join

Four years after India walked out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, neighbours Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are now considering their chances of membership in the 15-nation trading bloc. Sri Lanka has already applied to join the RCEP, and President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who begins a visit to Beijing for the Belt and Road … Read more